Receivers coach Michael Smith has signed a new contract that will increase his annual salary to $400,000. Smith was the only coach on the staff that did not receive a pay bump last season, and the 45% pay increase from 2015 will make him the highest paid non-coordinator on Bret Bielema’s staff. In addition, Smith signed a no-compete clause that prevents him from taking a non-head coaching or coordinator job at another SEC program.
What I THINK it is supposed to convey is that he cannot take a position at an SEC school unless it is either a Head Coaching or Coordinator level job. That makes sense. What is written above does not.
It’s the old double-negative (prevent . . . non) thing in action again. To make it work, as written, it would need to say " . . . . from taking a non-head coaching or non-coordinator job".
Whatever makes them sleep better at night.
It is like here anytime a commit jumps to another school some fan assumes we must have pulled his scholarship offer.
I could see Coach Smith having a desire to go back home, but he seems happy here too. He could not be as effective selling this place as he is if he didn’t have a very positive feeling for the place.